noun / ~する noun:

• giving up children for adoption or apprenticeship, etc. (out of poverty); reducing the number of mouths [literal]

noun:

• compartment in a fishing boat with seawater for reviving or keeping alive fresh fish or bait

noun:

• center for collecting charitable contributions (money, goods, and-or services) and distributing them to people in need - four character idiom

prefix:

• central; main; head; chief

suffix:

• just (done); freshly (baked); indicates activity only just occurred - usually written using kana alone

counter:

• counter for consecutive losses

expression:

• to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it); a monkey wearing a crown - idiom

noun:

• fiber to the x (generic term for any network architecture that uses optical fiber) (fibre); FTTx

noun:

• cutting stock (extra material cut off in machining operations as a safety margin for tolerances); machining allowance

noun:

• spring "tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests) ➜ 社日・戊【つちのえ】

expression:

• only a fool with no manners asks for another helping more than once; only fools are gluttons - idiom

noun:

• quilt; bedspread; bedcover ［うわがけ］
• cover (for a kotatsu quilt) ［うわがけ］ ➜ 炬燵
• cloak; smock ［うわがけ］
• second dyeing; topping; overlay ➜ 下染め

noun:

• Certificate for Students Achieving the Proficiency Level of Upper Secondary School Graduates; Japanese high-school equivalency examination

noun:

• Certificate for Students Achieving the Proficiency Level of Upper Secondary School Graduates; Japanese high-school equivalency examination - abbreviation ➜ 高等学校卒業程度認定試験

noun:

• Certificate for Students Achieving the Proficiency Level of Upper Secondary School Graduates; Japanese high-school equivalency examination - abbreviation ➜ 高校卒業程度認定試験

noun:

• calf (before it is fattened or used for breeding, usu. referring to 6 to 12-month-olds)

noun:

• alcohol which must be drunk as a punishment (e.g. for losing a contest or arriving late) ➜ 罰杯

noun:

• highest honorifics; honorific language mainly reserved for speaking of or to a member of the Imperial family - Linguistics term

expression / noun:

• mutual use of company facilities (e.g. rail tracks for through service, airport facilities, code-sharing, etc.)

noun:

• cheating at pachinko (for monetary gain; through illegal tampering with the machines, etc.); scamming a pachinko parlor - orig. an abbr. of 仕事 ➜ パチンコ

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to stay in bed; to sleep; to be laid up for a long time

noun:

• rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet) - Food term
• frying pan for making rolled eggs

noun:

• (being beholden to someone for a favor of) a night's lodging and a meal - four character idiom

noun:

• cord for attaching a sword scabbard tightly to the obi; sword strap; sword knot ➜ 鞘

adjectival noun / ~の noun / suffix:

• -phil; -phile; enthusiast (for); love (of)
• being attractive (to); to tend to be liked (by)

noun:

• overhead ladder; horizontal ladder; monkey bars
• yunti (scaling ladder used for escalade in ancient China)

noun:

• Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai) - abbreviation - obscure term ➜ 山王一実神道